The End of the KGB/ Why i chose this topic

The end of the KGB came very abrupt and quietly. In August 1991, KGB Chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov led a failed effort to overthrow President Mikhail Gorbachev. Two months later, the agency was dismantled, its duties distributed among several branches of government including the FSB secret police agency and the SVR espionage agency. Needless to say, the KGB's long rule of terror and espionage ended quietly. No fight was put up to save the counter-intellegence group.

I chose this topic because the russian people have always interested me. They always seemed so scary and mysterious. The KGB was a huge part of the cold war. Of course it captured my interest.